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50 Dark Destinations - Crime and Contemporary Tourism by Orlando Woods (Contribution by); Patrick Berry (Contribution by); Peter Joyce (Contribution by); Robin West (Contribution by); Rowland Atkinson (Contribution by); Sarah Hodgkinson (Contribution by); Sarah Jones (Contribution by); Selina Patel Nascimento (Contribution by); Simon Winlow (Contribution by); Sophie Gregory (Contribution by); Steve Wadley (Contribution by); Tammy Ayres (Contribution by); Tereza Østbø Kuldova (Contribution by); Thomas Raymen (Contribution by); Travis Linnemann (Contribution by); Wendy Laverick (Contribution by); Adam Lynes (Editor); Craig Kelly (Editor); James Treadwell (Editor); Alice Storey (Contribution by); Angus Nurse (Contribution by); Anna Sergi (Contribution by); Anthony Lloyd (Contribution by); Ben Colliver (Contribution by); Craig Ancrum (Contribution by); Dan Rusu (Contribution by); David Wilson (Contribution by); Donna Yates (Contribution by); Duncan John Frankis (Contribution by); Eamonn Carrabine (Contribution by); Emiline Smith (Contribution by); Emma Winlow (Contribution by); Eveleigh Buck-Matthews (Contribution by); Gary Potter (Contribution by); Grace Gallacher (Contribution by); Hannah London (Contribution by); Ian R. Cook (Contribution by); Jane Richards (Contribution by); Jack Denham (Contribution by); Jardar Nuland Østbø (Contribution by); Jenna Page (Contribution by); Joe Garrihy (Contribution by); John Bahadur Lamb (Contribution by); Katie Lowe (Contribution by); Keith Hayward (Contribution by); Kevin Hoffin (Contribution by); Kyla Bavin (Contribution by); Laura Hammond (Contribution by); Lucas Danos (Contribution by); Luke Telford (Contribution by); Max Hart (Contribution by); Melindy Brown (Contribution by); Michael Rowe (Contribution by); Natasha Pope (Contribution by); Neil Chakraborti (Contribution by); Nicholas Gibbs (Contribution by); Oliver Smith (Contribution by)
Category: Reference
From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, 'dark tourism' is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist destinations, underlying harms are constantly perpetuated, affecting both consumers and those who work or ...Show more
Animals - Lift the Flaps and Squeak! by Emma Munroe Smith; Sally Anne Garland
Category: Picture Books
Contemporary Australian Monologues for Men by Emma Rose Smith (Editor); Claire Grady (Editor)
Category: Non-Fiction
This is particularly out of character for me.' Monologues are a crucial element of theatre, for actors and students alike. From high school study to professional auditions and performances, the monologue exposes the heart of a play and the capacities of the performer. The monologue should be relevant to ...Show more
Contemporary Australian Monologues for Women by Emma Rose Smith (Editor); Claire Grady (Editor)
Category: Non-Fiction
'One eye closed, the other locked on my target.' Monologues are a crucial element of theatre, for actors and students alike. From high school study to professional auditions and performances, the monologue exposes the heart of a play and the capacities of the performer. The monologue should be relevant ...Show more
Furies: Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed - feminist tales from 15 bestselling, award-winning authors by Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, Emma Donoghue, Kirsty Logan, Chibundu Onuzo, Caroline O'Donoghue, Linda Grant, Susie Boyt, Stella Duffy, Kamila Shamsie
Category: Fiction
DRAGON. TIGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. For centuries past, and all across the world HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. there are words that have defined and decried us. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. Words that raise our hackles VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. fire up our blood; FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO. words that tell a story I ...Show more
Portable Magic - A History of Books and their Readers by Emma Smith
Category: Reference
'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I exclaimed with delight when I read a nugget of information I hadn't encountered before' Val McDermid, The Times Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic glow ...Show more
Portable Magic: Our Long Love Affair with Books by Emma Smith
Category: Reference
An excitingly revisionist history of bibliophilia, from the celebrated author of This is Shakespeare 'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I exclaimed with delight when I read a nugget of information I hadn't encountered before' Val McDermid, The ...Show more
Shakespeare's First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic Book by Emma Smith
Category: Non-Fiction
This is a biography of a book: the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays printed in 1623 and known as the First Folio. It begins with the story of its first purchaser in London in December 1623, and goes on to explore the ways people have interacted with this iconic book over the four hundred y ...Show more
Sunburnt Country by A. B. Facey; Connie Ellement; Kenneth Gasmier; T. A. G. Hungerford; Gail Jones; Vasso Kalamaras; John Lane; Simone Lazaroo; Pat Malcolm; Bill Marks; John A. McKenzie; Elizabeth Jolley; Jack McPhee; Connie Miller; Kim Scott; Joyce Shiner; Imelda P. Smith; Justina Williams; Beverley Dunn (Read by); James Wright (Read by); Sally Morgan; Joan London; Elizabeth Backhouse; Michal Bosworth; Emma Ciccotosto; Ron Davidson; Faye Davis
Category: Audio
Sunburnt Country is an outstanding selection of autobiographical stories and short fiction about Australia and Australians. From childhood, through adolescence, work and marriage, to old age, these stories provide a lively, at times moving, sometimes funny, glimpse into many aspects of life in Australia ...Show more
The Making of Shakespeare's First Folio by Emma Smith
Category: Biography
This book, generously illustrated with key pages from the publication and comparative works, tells the human, artistic, economic and technical stories of the birth of the First Folio – and the birth of Shakespeare’s towering reputation. In late November 1623, Edward Blount finally took delivery at his b ...Show more
The Million Pieces of Neena Gill by Emma Smith-Barton
Category: Young Adult
How can I hold myself together, when everything around me is falling apart? Neena's always been a good girl - great grades, parent-approved friends and absolutely no boyfriends. But ever since her brother Akash left her, she's been slowly falling apart - and uncovering a new version of herself who is al ...Show more
This Is Shakespeare by Emma Smith
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Pelican Bks.
'I admire the freshness and attack of her writing, the passion and curiosity that light up the page. The book does something very important - it makes you impatient to see or re-read the plays at once' Hilary Mantel A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no other ...Show more